Scholarship Opportunity

The SHARE office recently received a letter with the following announcement about a scholarship opportunity for our members and their families. More details can be found in the flyer for the annual AFL/CIO Golf Tournament. If you would like to receive a copy of the nomination form for this scholarship, please leave a message in the SHARE office at 508-929-4020 with your contact information.

To: All Affiliated Locals of the Central Mass AFL/CIO.

We are pleased to announce that we will be awarding six $1,000.00 scholarships as well as a number of $500 Platinum sponsored scholarships.

The scholarship recipients will be drawn by lottery at the May community services committee meeting and the winners will be announced at the Annual Scholarship Golf Tournament on Friday, June 7, 2013

The scholarships will be presented at the Labor Day breakfast September 2, 2013

To be eligible, the student must be a 2013 graduating high school senior going on to college and a child, grandchild or member whose local is affiliated with the Central Ma AFL/CIO. Union members must live or work in the jurisdiction of the Central Ma. AFL/CIO.

All names must be submitted by April 25, 2013 and returned to: 

Paul Soucy

AFL/CIO Labor Community Services

Central Ma. AFL-CIO

400 Washington St

Auburn MA 01501

Fraternally yours,

Joseph P. Carlson, President

Central Massachusetts AFL/CIO

Welcome to the SHARE UMMS blog!

Welcome to the new online home of the SHARE union for UMMS employees! We will use our new website to post items of interest to SHARE members at UMass Medical School, including:

• Current SHARE and UMass Medical School news
• The SHARE-UMMS Contract, and updates about Contract Negotiations
• Useful tidbits about our Contract, and how it can help you
• Advice on surviving and thriving at UMass Medical School
• Links to our sister organizations
• Online resources to help you at work and at home

Of course, nothing beats person-to-person communication and a real-live chinwag, but we hope the new website will provide another way to stay up-to-date, and better connect you to the SHARE community. More soon . . .